OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #777565
GRINDER,ROTATING PARTS,AMPUTATED,FINGER,MIXER,BLADE,UNGUARDED,HOPPER
Event description
Employee's fingers amputated in revolving blades of grinder
Investigation abstract
At approximately 11:05 a.m. on May 12, 1989, Employee #1 was adding turkey parts to a Seydelmanz grinder/mixer. The plastic bag that contained the turkey parts fell into the grinder/mixer. To avoid contamination of the ground meat, Employee #1 tried to take out the plastic bag but his left hand became caught in the rev olving blades of the grinder. Employee #1's fingers were amputated. The grinder/ mixer had an open hopper, which allowed the employee's fingers to become caught in the mixer blades.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 48 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 768
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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